Adjustable display-frame



' w. STANDING-8v A. J. HOENNY.

D U T BL D SPLAY'FRAMB No. 439,439. Patented Oct. 28, 1890.

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM STANDING AND ADOLPI'I J. HOENNY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

ADJUSTABLE DISPLAY-FRAM E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,439, dated October28, 1890.

Application filed February 1, 1890- Serial No. 338,892. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM STANDING and ADoLPH J. HOENNY, of St.Louis, State of Missouri, have invented anew and Improved AdjustableDisplay-Frame, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

Our invention relates to improvements in adjustable display-frames thatmay be attached to various-sized boxes of merchandise to protect anddisplay the goods therein; and the object of our invention is to providea cheap and simple, but convenient, durable, and efficient device thatmay be attached to boxes of merchandise of various sizes, so as toprotect the goods from dust and from excessive handling and at the sametime expose them to View.

To this end our invention consists in certain features of constructionand combination of parts, that will be hereinafter fully described,andspecifically pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the device applied to a box, with theglass partially raised in the display-frame; Fig. 2, a perspective viewshowing the display-frame and glass swung outwardly to afford means ofreaching the interior of the box; Fig. 3, a detail view of thedisplay-strip before being bent and applied to a box; and Fig. 4a brokenhorizontal section of the display-frame and glass as applied to abox,the section being taken through a glass-supportin g ear of the frame.

The frame of the device consists of a long angular strip, made,preferably, of sheet metal and formed into two longitudinal flanges Aand A, which stand at right angles to each other. The flange A is widerthan the flange A, and is intended to overlap and rest against the sideof a box B when the frameis formed and attached thereto, and thenarrower flange A is intended to overlap the front or open side of thebox and rest against and support a glass, as hereinafter described. Thecover or side of a box, as B, being removed, trans verse cuts a are madein one of the flanges of the frame A A at points corresponding with thelower corners of the box, and the formed frame is attached thereto. Theframe is bent at the cuts a to conform to the shape of the box B, thusforming a three-sided frame c011- sisting of two arms connected at thebottom by a crosspiece. The distance between the transverse cuts ashould correspond to the width of the box B, so that when the frame isbent itwill fit .nicely thereon. The ends of the frame are attached tothe upper front corners of the box by means of screws or nails 1), whichact as pivots upon which the frame may swing. The flange A of the frameis provided at frequent intervals with semicircular incisions, so thatthe metal thus cut away may be pressed inwardly, forming ears d, whichhold a suitable glass D in position against the front flange A. The ears(1 may be made in any other convenient shape, and instead of beingpressed from the flange A they may be made of metal and solderedthereto. The ears (1 being pressed inwardly, as described, a recess willthus be formed between the ears and the flange A, in which the glass Dwill be longitudinally movable. The glass D should be of the same sizeas the front of the box B, so as to fill the frame A A and rest firmlytherein. The frame A A may be made long enough to fit a fair-sized box,and if a smaller box is used the frame may be shortened to suit it. Itwill thus be seen that the frame may be easily fitted to any ordinarybox, and it may be made sufliciently strong by soldering or riveting thecorners at the points where the frame is bent.

The goods in the box B may be easily gotten at by swinging the frame andglass outwardly, as shown in Fig. 2, or by lifting the glass, as shownin Fig, 1. The frame being easily applied to a box, it may be properlyaffixed thereto when the box is originally filled with goods and shippedwith the box to its destination, so that the trader who has bought thegoods by removing the cover and inserting a glass will have a deviceready for use.

It is evident that the device may be applied to nearly all classes ofgoods, and that the frame may be easily fitted to any ordinary box. Itwill be seen, too, that the frame may be rigidly attached to the box andthe interior of the box reached by raising the glass.

Having thus described our invention, What vertically in the frame andfitting between We claim as new, and desire to secure by Let said earsand the box, substantlally as de- IO ters Patent, is scribed.

The combination, with a box, of an angu- \VILLIAM STANDING. 5 lar framepivoted thereto and overlapping ADOLPH J. HOENNY.

the edges thereof, said frame being formed of Witnesses: a single pieceand having inwardly-project JOHN E. DOOLY,

in'g ears formed thereon,and a glass movable CHAS. D. SMITH.

